AMORPHOPHALLUS BORNEENSIS
Photo by Alan Galloway
SYNONYMS:
HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS: Hydrosme borneensis Engl. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 458 (1892)
HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS: Amorphophallus borneensis var. winkleri Engl. in Pflanzenr., IV, 23C: 79 (1911)
ACCEPTED INFRASPECIFICS: N/A
DISTRIBUTION: Indonesia | Borneo | South Kalimantan
CLIMATE: N/A
ECOLOGY:
SPECIES DESCRIPTION:
Cataphylls 30–35 cm long, lanceolate, with a basal width of approximately 5 cm. Peduncle up to 70 cm long, about 1.5 cm thick, smooth, purplish in color. Leaf blades irregularly oblong, marked with both small and larger maculae that are sparsely distributed but locally confluent.
INFLORESCENCE:
Spathe approximately 40 cm long, with an expanded portion up to 20 cm wide; ovate-oblong, acuminate, funnel-shaped and convolute. The inner lower quarter bears dark purplish wart-like projections, while the upper portion is marked with numerous elongated linear projections. Color ranges from maroon to pale violet. Spadix slightly exceeding the spathe in length. Female zone 6 cm long, conoid, laxly flowered, with a thinner upper portion bearing few flowers and occasional hermaphroditic flowers. Male zone 5 cm long and approximately 2 cm thick. Appendix up to 40 cm long, scabrous, purplish, and thickened toward the base. Male flowers with 2–4 stamens; thecae ovoid with paired pores that later merge. Female flowers with a 2–3-locular ovary, long style, and a 2–4-lobed stigma.
VARIEGATED FORMS: N/A
ETYMOLOGY: The species epithet refers to its locality, Borneo.
NOTES: N/A
CULTIVARS: N/A
HYBRIDS: N/A
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